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HANSARD CoronavirusMy hon. Friend raises a really important point. PPE is a significant extra cost right across the health and care system. Dentists who are on NHS contracts have of course had those…07 Jul 2020HANSARD CoronavirusYes, I would be very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and the group. This is an incredibly important issue and one that is very close to my heart. I think that many in this House…07 Jul 2020HANSARD CoronavirusYes; we are publishing more and more data about the virus and who has caught it, in the same way as we are giving more and more information to directors of public health so that…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI want to put on record my gratitude to the shadow Secretary of State and his Leicestershire colleagues in this House, who have all worked in a constructive manner to try to make…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes. Today’s action demonstrates that we are willing to take action to protect people. Local action, in concert with the local council, is sometimes what is needed. There have…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThat data is available to directors of public health in local councils who have signed a data protection record. I am committing to the House to publish it at as local a level as…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateClearly, the measures that we have in place are there to bring the number of cases right down. We have been able to do that over the past few weeks, since the middle of April,…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, I can absolutely confirm the point about the lessons being learned and then promulgated in other places around the country, not least because we want to empower local…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOf course, as we move from a national lockdown towards local lockdowns, we are going to have to take more specific action. For the time being and for Leicester, the existing…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWe are publishing more data on where tests are done and where those positive test results are based in order to understand better the clusters. On the hon. Lady’s point about the…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy hon. Friend speaks for Blackpool, and he has a clear voice that people should listen to. The message that people should take away is this: to defeat this virus, we need to…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am absolutely determined to address the questions and the impact of covid on those who live with disabilities. The hon. Lady’s point is important, and this will form part of our…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, absolutely—in real time, effectively.29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdatePeople will have seen from the action we have taken today and announced tonight that although I do not want to take that sort of local action, we are perfectly prepared to take it…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI know that, right across the United Kingdom, people have given up events that they hold dear. That is a sacrifice, and tonight, we are asking the people of Leicester to take…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his question. I am pleased to be able to say that we are now rolling out testing to the settings that he describes. This will be rolled…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI think the best way to explain that is that all the data we have on Leicester has been made available to Leicestershire County Council. I pay tribute to Ivan Browne, director of…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMr Speaker, with permission, I will make a statement on local action to tackle coronavirus. The impact of coronavirus has been deeply felt, yet, thanks to the extraordinary action…29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am working with my right hon. Friends the Communities Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on exactly those measures.29 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateYes, absolutely; we will be publishing imminently the exact details of which wards are included in these measures. That decision is being taken by Leicestershire County Council…29 Jun 2020